St. Josemaria Escriva

"Consider what is most beautiful and most noble on earth, what pleases the mind and the other faculties, and what delights the flesh and the senses. Consider the world, and the other worlds that shine in the night - the whole universe. And this, along with all the satisfied follies of the heart, is worth [...]

"'Not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God,' said our Lord. Bread and the word! The host and prayer. Without these you won't live a supernatural life." -St. Josemaria Escriva

"'Not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God,' said our Lord. Bread and the word! The host and prayer. Without these you won't live a supernatural life." Source: ÿSt. Josemaria Escriva, The Way

"It's true that I always call our tabernacle Bethany. Become a friend of the Master's friends - Lazarus, Martha, Mary - and then you will ask me no more why I call our tabernacle Bethany." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006

"Don't be so blind or so thoughtless that you fail to 'go into' each tabernacle when you glimpse the walls of the steeple of each house of our Lord. He is waiting for you. Don't be so blind or so thoughtless that you fail to say at least an ejaculation to Mary Immaculate, whenever you [...]

"The humility of Jesus: in Bethlehem, in Nazareth, on Calvary. But still more humiliation and more self-abasement in the most sacred Host - more than in the stable, more than in Nazareth, more than on the cross. That is why I must love the Mass so! (Our Mass, Jesus.)" Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The [...]

"Many Christians take their time and have leisure enough in their social life (no hurry here). They are leisurely, too, in their professional activities, at table and recreation (no hurry here either). But isn't it strange how those same Christians find themselves in such a rush and want to hurry the priest, in their anxiety [...]

"You think there is something wrong because, in your thanksgiving after Communion, the first thing you find yourself doing, without being able to help it, is asking: Jesus, give me this; Jesus, this soul; Jesus, that undertaking? Don't worry, and don't try to force yourself; when the Father is good and the child simple and [...]

"You are worried and sad because your Communions are cold and barren. Tell me, when you approach the Sacrament, do you seek yourself or do you seek Jesus? If you seek yourself, there is reason indeed to be sad. But if you seek Christ - as you ought - could you want a surer sign [...]

"What a source of grace there is in spiritual communion! Practice it frequently and you'll have greater presence of God and closer union with Him in all your actions." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006